STS-122 Landing: Atlantis Feb.20,2008

[victorios27]

usiadł jak mucha !

[sierra043]

world's largest and most expensive flying brick

[Daniela2001ish]

I need views, please

[FSEVENMAN]

Area 51, is the longest by far.

[matatanXtreme]

Gosh, seeing this video makes me understand why the United State's enemies are so angry on this country . If the US can land and old plane with 1980's technology precisely on the spot imagine how accurate they can land a modern missile up their ass.

[chrisschrissie]

THIS IS SO SURREAL!:)

[ivanbrocko]

brilliant.

[chappie578]

1:53 for the twin booms!



[jhonzigler]

wat if a kid stands on a biulding with his model rocket and launches it to tjis shuttle lol

[xConnolly97x]

@DeadJesus100

Your a load of crap , i cudnt give a shit what YOU think about nasa . Even if it was fake , why are u gettin so pissed off that u have to post a shitty comment every few days

Get a fuckin life u sap

[TheSnowcrasher]

Fuglesang - the man with patience

[RA13witness]

Посадка ідеальна,як по нотам ! Супер !!!

[gs083]

"Poindexter now... Deploying the dragshoot.." :o)

[Textrybal]

Is that the air friction we hear when the shuttle is just about to land or some other engine? It's gliding down unpowered so I wonder what makes all that noise.

[MCXL1140]

@Textrybal They have fighters in the air normally.

[aimhigh59]

@Textrybal No fighters are in the air for landings. A weather plane or a G2 flies approaches to the runway just to evaluate the conditions. After the orbiter lands, the G2 is usually trailing behind. Thats the sound you here. The orbiter sound by itself still makes a lot of noise though.

[AroundSun]

they should land that thing here in calverton. or KISP!!

[speeder741]

i would run out and take that parachute then sell it on ebay lol

[anger154]

please remove all baggage from the overhead bins before leaving the plane, thank you for flying nasa airlines

[TaskForce036]

I herd that the area 51 runway was the largest in the world... but they where talking about planes not shuttles, so does anyone know if this one is longer? or does 51 still have the longest?

[scrfce123]

@TaskForce036 A51 does have the worlds longest sealed-surface (cement) runway, but it was decommissioned years ago. Edwards and White sands house the worlds longest runways, but they are pretty much dry lake bed.

[atomicwave]

Damn that's a steep approach. The way you can tell in comparison to a commercial jet, flying a space shuttle is like flying a brick.

[37purplepanda]

twin sonic booms: 1:53

Landing:5:07

[Nfarce]

One boom for the nose, one boom for the vertical stabilizer. She's almost home.

[Nfarce]

Deadjesus = troll of the year! Douche bag POS mouth breathing troglodyte.

[DeadJesus100]

NASA = FAKE

[atomicwave]

@DeadJesus100 Dude!! Pleasure seeing you here!

U must be bad, bro.

[pyromaniacal13]

so very sad that she's never going up again

[DeadJesus100]

APOLLO MICKEY MOUSE MOON LANDINGS

240,000 miles from earth

Shutlle Atrlantis 220 miles from earth

[MetalZeroOne]

@DeadJesus100 Stop trollin

[ilovebubu28]

@bnardya well yea but the NASA flights also have to do with fixing "SATELLITES" ,and as you may know thanks to that you are now using internet connection to watch YOUTUBE = )

[DeadJesus100]

NASA SCIENCE FICTION

APOLLO DISNEY TV

[gasaholic47]

@DeadJesus100 Time to up your meds..

[912ace]

So did they come from space?

[DeadJesus100]

2011 ansd Nasa can only travel 220 miles to the ISS

in 1969-1972

NASA FAKED THE MOONLANDINGS

240,000 MILES FROM EARTH

nASA IS A SICK nAZI SPACE JOKE

[thedarkone2134]

@DeadJesus100 You are a sick joke of a human, Sir.

Now please sir, go fornicate with yourself.

[DeadJesus100]

@thedarkone2134 the queer coward, go play in the traffic you sick pervert

[DeadJesus100]

@thedarkone2134 Lol the faggot told me to fornivate with myself :) classic apollo turd

[YBTHAROCKSTAR88]

@DeadJesus100 people like you are shitstains on the underpants of society

[DeadJesus100]

@YBTHAROCKSTAR88 the sick faggot

[RocketRodder]

@DeadJesus100 And you're a sick Religion joke.

[DeadJesus100]

@RocketRodder jesus is dead retard

[dziltener]

@7:25 what's that stuff they blow out?

[Dizzle242]

@dziltener excess liquid nitrogen that power the thrusters in space!!

[rahmanroni]

Don't make fun of colefried81 and others. Idiots like them entertain me.

[Melimo]

when we first moved to fl in 98 from NY, you could imagine our fear when we felt the entire house shake for a good 3 seconds and what sounded like BOMBS going off right across the street bc of those sonic booms lol

[TheKrysee]

@bnardya Nah. It's time for somebody else to pump money into shit that doesn't return investment.

@Tjita1 There are no pianos in space.

[gregayo]

NASA has died today

[AccessDenied55]

@gregayo Yeah, its sad aint it?

Though look on the bright side!

We will be going to Mars by 2050!

[DeadJesus100]

@AccessDenied55

FAKE IT TO MARS

[AccessDenied55]

@DeadJesus100 No One faked anything, if we "faked" the Moon landings why do moon rocks?

[ilovebubu28]

@AccessDenied55 that deadjesus guys is a pathetic hater with jesus word on his username wtf so religious he should be in church then ......

[ilovebubu28]

@DeadJesus100 it sounds like your life is so sad and stressful, hun since your user name has the word jesus in it it makes me realize you need to go to church more often since now it aint working.... stop hating, if you didnt know thats a sin hahaha considering your so religious

[DeadJesus100]

@ilovebubu28 lol i am just showing youtubers that Nazi Nasa is rotten to the core

DISNEY APOLLO HOAX MISSIONS

NO STARS IN NASA'S DISNEY UNIVERSE

[Tjita1]

There are pianos with better glide ratio than that thing..

[telemetry9]

just when they finally got the system safe and stable - they retire it...........crazy.

[ColeFried81]

@telemetry9 They need that money for other things like a trip to mars. We'll still get around space just fine because of the Russians. They need us just as much as we need them.

[almitydave]

I know astronauts are nerds and all, but does the announcer have to keep making fun of the pilot by calling him "poindexter"?!?

[luiscurtolo]

7:19 OOOO Boy, I KNEW it runned with a steam engine. Just like ol'steam locomotive days, Billy

[luiscurtolo]

STS-122, go around. Contact Fort Lauderdale aproach f on 129.0. good day.

[locomike1219]

@luiscurtolo hahaha

[allseriousness]

@luiscurtolo STS-122: WHAT?!?!?!?!

[SuperHornetDriver]

@sunhawkcity moron

[DYJungs]

now that's the 'welcome back to earth'

[JarheadRTR]

Looks like a giant penguin when its coming down.

[hottfuzz2]

This Shuttle is so fucking beautiful

[SuperHornetDriver]

@hottfuzz2 It amazes me how commonplace it's become for people to casually and thoughtlessly throw in disgusting language. And I'm not even a religious nut.

[hottfuzz2]

@SuperHornetDriver Im just implying that this is one bird that is so beautiful that I am swearing to it because i would let it rape me it because it is such a beautiful bird

[stesala]

@K1ll3r8331

Yes it is. Every dropp of fuel remaining is dumped in orbit before the re-entry of the orbiter for safety and weight reasons. I think also that the most of the orbital maneuvering system fuel should be depleted after the de-orbiting maneuver, and the RCS (reaction control system, the nozzles used to change orbital attitude) are pretty useless in atmospheric flight !

The jet engines you can hear in the video are the ones of the military jets that attend the shuttle coming to KSC

[stesala]

what an amazing machine !

[K1ll3r8331]

is it true upon returning that the spaceshuttle has no thrust at all?

[smimot]

@K1ll3r8331, right, glider all the way to touchdown.

[thedecisionmaker]

@skeatesy1 you are a weapon

[WAYTOPLUTO]

It is sad this era is coming to an end with nothing to replace it. It shows lack of vision by the Obama administration.

[patton303]

Thumbs up if you went back and listened to the sonic booms again. : )

[AmJaxineer]

16 people just got their asses kicked by Chuck Norris.

[IronManu77]

@AmJaxineer No NASA got its ass kicked. Retiring the space shuttle. awwww, too bad. Make that 17 people got their minds right. 

[tryithere]

I've seen 4 liftoffs up close but I've never seen a landing or heard the sonic booms. It would be kind of cool.

[jordangmagic]

"STS-122, go around, I say again, go around. Acknowledge"

[mr9396]

i wish britain had a space acency. Our government thinks that giving money to china is better than building space machines.

[mrfloppyjoe]

Is the shuttle coming down at a really steep gradient

[Doctor699]

lol the Shuttle comes down like a lift with the cable cut, its only because of the skill of the pilots that it is able to glide all the way home.

[lightmoney1111]

what is and why is there smoke or something coming from the top  sounding like a train?????????????????

[roamingcroat]

@lightmoney1111 The exhaust is from the Auxilliary Power Units (APUs) which provide some power to the shuttle during launch and entry. The sound is also from the APUs. If you listen carefully to a shuttle launch (say this one: watch?v=vaPhCkWdxsc starting around 4:35 into the video), you can hear the APUs running with the same sound as on landing.

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

FAKE!

[iZafTouch4G]

@BRUTUALTRUTH you're fake!

[oYoYebutu]

This and the Weather Channel.

[MrANTICAC]

BOOM BOOM

[darknomad911]

So enjoyed all these missions & just to think soon there will be no more.

[Burnsengine]

@darknomad911

I agree - I enjoyed them all of my life. It's such a source of pride for most of us.

I don't think the next missions (if they ever happen) will have quite the appeal. I mean... what's cooler in this world than watching the space shuttle blast off and then, days later, land?

Now, we have to watch splash-downs again. :(

[p34cekeeper]

They are so pretty, its almost as if they were designed to look awesome as much as work well. Watching the STS videos fills you with an almost child-like sense of glee.

[MrTBshaw]

I loved the twin sonic booms at 1:54.

[hearts76100]

Thats astonishing!

This is what makes america great.......having the genius to do things no other country can! Fuck the russians and chinese.

Oh and im Scottish by the way.

[patriot0919]

@hearts76100 why russian?I am australia by the way

[patriot0919]

@hearts76100 why russian?I am australian by the way

[infloslinger]

The twin sonic booms at 1:53 are unreal in person. They sound like someone is shooting a 12 gauge at your front door. It shakes the house. Really scary when you are sleeping, but thats when you know the shuttle has arrived.

[RookieKidOwnage]

@infloslinger that happened at my school and since its in the ghetto they made everyone stay inside because they thought it was gunfire

[tryithere]

@infloslinger I thought they might have been LHO at it again.

[birdy20034ever]

@infloslinger why is there two sonic booms. sorry if this question has been answered already

[skimowhite586]

why does it make jet engine noises if it doesnot have jet engines

[tamiyaguy12]

@skimowhite586 Jet escort

[sk8el3mentfreak]

gonna miss this......damn you obama

[Jono5006]

@sk8el3mentfreak he is ruining every fiber of the american spirit of exploration

[MetTech28]

@sk8el3mentfreak The mandatory retirement of the shuttle program was instituted by George W. Bush in his "Vision for Space Exploration". He then signed the NASA Authorization Act of 2008, which allowed for the upcoming last flight of Endeavour.

[tryithere]

@sk8el3mentfreak It was Bush who ended it. Obama went along with it.

[BassGuitarGuy128]

@tryithere

Then Obama cancelled the Constellation Program, which Bush initiated to replace the Space Shuttle. Thanks to Obama, we essentially don't have a space program anymore. It was "too expensive," even though he blows through money like crazy for very little benefits.

[tryithere]

@BassGuitarGuy128 Can't argue with that.

[agwhitaker]

Pretty dam fine flying machine.

This is one thing the Yankees can be proud of.

[falcoperegrinus82]

I'm going to start using the word "nominal".

[littledickjackman]

I flew in on one of those coming for Nibiru.

[hihihoho1234]

just skip to 5:10 so you don't wast your time.

[afg4life13]

soooo anyone book how that guys name was pointdexter??? anyone? lol

[rastclart]

@aimhigh59 Surely if it's the APU exhaust, it would be a constant stream of gases?

I would hazard a guess, given the info you guys have given me, that it's the ammonia boiler venting. Although as aircraft groundcrew myself, I'd be pretty pissed if i had to approach a craft venting ammonia or hydrazine!! Both pretty nasty chemicals!!

[rastclart]

@BringEllisTheHoriZon. Thanks bud, i guessed it probably was. I'm an aircraft engineer by trade, but you don't tend to see anything like that coming out of a Hercules!! Unless there's something drastically wrong!!

[aimhigh59]

@rastclart You dont vent hydrazine on a runway with all those people around. Its the APU exhaust at the base of the tail. You can see it at night very well but not during day landings. Also the ammonia boilers exhaust is at the base also. When engine bells and aero surfaces are put in proper position, APU's are turned off. When ground crew gets cooling hooked up, boilers are deactivated.

[tryithere]

@aimhigh59 This is from Nasa.gov website. Each auxiliary power unit and its fuel system are located in the aft fuselage of the orbiter. They are identical but independent systems that are not interconnected. Each APU fuel system supplies storable liquid hydrazine fuel to its respective fuel pump, gas generator valve module and gas generator, which decomposes the fuel through catalytic action. The resultant hot gas drives a two-stage turbine.

[tryithere]

@aimhigh59 Continuation of Nasa.gov website The turbine exhaust flow returns over the exterior of the gas generator, cooling it, and is then directed overboard through an exhaust duct at the upper portion of the aft fuselage near the vertical stabilizer.

[aimhigh59]

@tryithere I know how the APU's work. My point was that you dont vent hydrazine overboard.

[s60evolve]

Flying brick!

[stoltobot]

poindexter!

[rastclart]

Anyone know what it's venting at the end of the vid?

[BringEllisTheHoriZon]

@rastclart i assume its coolant to cool the shuttle down upon re entry and this is it venting because it got so hot, it does it every time it lands, im not sure if thats what its venting but its what i may have figured out

[tryithere]

@rastclart You probably don't care anymore but this webpage will answer it spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/r­eference/shutref/orbiter/apu/

[rastclart]

@tryithere Thanks bud, I'll check that out.

[2117774]

@serialkissersband actually the real reason is because the shuttles wings are not desinged to take off like that. that is the reason the strap extra rockets on, so it can lift up from raw power.

[blablubb12345]

@2117774

The shuttle could take off on it's own if you strap some jet engines on. Actually, the russians did that with their Buran for athmospheric test flights. But reaching an orbit is a totally different game and, with technologies of today, only possible with rockets and huge ammounts of fuel.

[2117774]

ME WANT BOOM!!!!

[cracker420er]

@serialkissersband if you have seen this, a space shuttle attached to the topside of the fuselage of a normal 747. what it does is take the shuttle upto a certain height, from where the shuttle can start its engines and take-off in mid-air, while on the back of a carrier aeroplane.

[nesokretep]

@cracker420er -- The 747 carrying the shuttle is not for launching it. It is for taking it from the landing airport in California back to the launch facility in Florida.

They usually try to land back at the launch facility in Florida. But sometimes because of weather they cannot land there and have to land in California.

[cracker420er]

@nesokretep holy shizzle, is that true? coz if it is, then discovery and superman returns lied to me :(

sorry @serialkisserband, i should've checked my info.

[thekinaesthetic]

AWESOME!

5 stars

[OftenRatherAmused]

@serialkissersband Don't think so. The fuel for the main engines comes from the external tank (ET), that large orange tank the shuttle is "strapped" to at takeoff. As such those engines have no source of fuel without the tank.

[meteor4163]

@serialkissersband no

[maliburide]

@serialkissersband no

[myrandomspaces]

just like landing a cessna hahaha

[durhamdf]

Can your space ships do wheelies? USA! USA!

[260KPH]

i bet the surface would be extremely hot? correct?

[chillaxer1993]

@260KPH i think right after re-entry it's pretty fricken hot, but also it has slowed down considerably. the outside air by now is no longer causing friction and might cool the craft. i am not sure though

[reedsjsa]

Whats with thefreaking birds and shit

[Imissthe70s]

I am no pilot , just love everything aviaiton. Was that approach as extremely steep and fast as it seemed?

[aimhigh59]

@Imissthe70s The steep approach is to ensure more than enough energy to make the runway. Its bled off right before landing to land at an average speed of 200kts.

[nestfilms]

@aimhigh59 Not completly true the steep approach is due to the fact that the shuttle has the areodynamics of a brick. Its wings are delta and very short and do not provide much lift so the steep approach keeps the airspeed up and essentially stops it stalling. If energy was the issue thay would additional manourves in whats called the TEAM, Terminal Area Energy Management right before entering the HAC. Also Landing speed is 195 but damm its that near enough to 200

[aimhigh59]

@nestfilms All that you said is what I said. It keeps the orbiter on the positive side of the energy curve because of all that you descibed. The orbiter as you probably know does bleed off all the necessary energy prior to entering the HAC. The last bit is done in the flare maneuver. The exact landing speed is always different depending on the down mass returning in the payload bay. Its been lower and higher than 200kts...

[aimhigh59]

@nestfilms You just described energy management. The orbiter has landed lower and higher than 200 kts. based on the return down mass in the payload bay.

[grahamkeithtodd]

fantastic skill flying that two ton brick!

and the damn thing is not under any power!

[charlieechovictor]

TWR: Atlantis 122, GO AROUND

CPT: huh ?

[AugustusLarch]

@charlieechovictor

The STS has space available for small(secret) lox rockets in that gargantuan frame. I suppose the OMS rockets would work for a go around as well. The Shuttle has a large wing area. it wouldn't take much to get it climbing.

I thought I saw a bit of heat come from the OMS units. Big secret, the shuttle is not a glider? Hmmm?

[charlieechovictor]

@AugustusLarch hahahahaha you made my day... you're not serious are you :D

[AugustusLarch]

@charlieechovictor

What does serious mean. Yes?

I want to see the real stuff that's all. They should paint the shuttle safety orange and let Playskool put the badging on the side like it should have had from day one.

[monkpkey]

I wonder how Dan Tony* must feel like pulling G's again after 4 months in orbit.

[cruxader27]

landing without power? just like landing glider

[snedie69er]

@cruxader27

From 14 million miles away

[balcrstephens]

whats the pulsing stuff at the end?



[Cairannx]

@balcrstephens APU exhaust... APUs are devices on board the shuttle that use chemicals (hydrazine) to generate gas which expands and makes turbines turn which provide hydraulic pressure to power just about everything that moves during launch and landing (engine gimbals, ailerons, rudder, gear, brakes, etc.), and the puffs are exhaust venting from the three APUs onboard the shuttle...

[AugustusLarch]

@Cairannx

correction OMS exhust. Those things are probably hybrid ramjets. How convienent that t-38's are always present at landings. What do you think the government tells us? Lies wrapped in official document letterhead. They have flying saucers all over. What person is going to risk up to seven necks deadsticking this120 loose tile pile of garbage when he knows there is better equipment available? Someone very delusional would.

[MegaGavone]

@AugustusLarch "What person is going to risk up to seven necks deadsticking this120 loose tile pile of garbage when he knows there is better equipment available"

I guess the same people that strapped Alan Shepard to a ballistic Missle and sent him to space.

Shut up, your annoying.